Your right about the host school thing i think!  I would have bet everything i had
that Clarkson was the host, but i think i stand corrected.  Also, You're opinion
is valuable to me because I have seen to little of the eastern teams except for
the Boston's.  Thanks for your thoughts.
 
Derek
 
TodNielson wrote:
 
> In a message dated 98-03-24 20:37:21 EST, you write:
>
> << 2E Boston College vs. (6E CC/3E Clarkson) winner
>
>  The only chance Clarkson has here is the fact they are the host school.
>  Maybe a fluke goal or two will let Clarkson (if, in fact, they even get
>  here) move on, but I really doubt it.  Boston College is arguably the
>  hottest team in the country with a 10-0-2 mark to end the season.  B.C
>  won the Hockey East Tourney earning their bid.  Regardless of the Hockey
>  East results, Boston College would be here any ways.  I expect Boston
>  College to move onto the Final Four in Boston with a resounding win over
>  the host school.
>   >>
> First, just as a "point of information" (gawd, that sounds formal), I think
> Rensselaer is the host school. At least that's what I gather from a mailing I
> received regarding East Regional tickets, with a big RPI Puckman plastered on
> the front.
>
> Beyond that, should Clarkson advance from the first round in Albany, a match-
> up against BC should be a very interesting one indeed.  Consider that Clarkson
> won ten straight before the ECAC Final, and twelve of their last fourteen, and
> I think they can be considered "hot" right along with the Eagles.  Throw in
> the fact that Clarkson beat Boston College in Boston back in November, with
> then-little used goaltender in Chris Bernard, and you've got quite a match-up.
> Then there's the fact that Jerry York is a former Clarkson head coach (even
> recruited Dave Taylor, a 17-year NHLer and still the school's leading scorer).
> Throw in that this is Boston College's first trip to the NCAAs since '91 (if
> memory serves) and the Knights have been every year save one since 1990, and I
> don't think that balance tips so far in BC's favor at all.  'Course, I may
> have egg all over my face come Sunday, but so be it.
>
> The Woofing Gods prevent me in counter-predicting a score in this one, but let
> me just say that I'm hoping for a golden night on Sunday.
>
> << Princeton is not that good. They are lucky.  They finished 7th in the
> ECAC but won the Tourney. >>
>
> I saw Princeton this weekend.  Right now, they are that good.  They play a
> tough, physical game, and played well down the stretch, excellently when the
> chips were down.  Luck is part of it, but at this stage of the game teams make
> their own luck.  Jeff Halpern may have won the ECAC tourney MVP, but Syl Apps
> worked his tail off all weekend, and I felt won the ECAC Final for the Tigers,
> even if he hadn't scored the game winner.  Consider that they defeated a
> decently solid Brown team in the quarterfinals, the defending ECAC tournemant
> champion Cornell, regular season champion Yale and their vaunted defense, and
> then-#6 Clarkson, and the Tigers SCREAM to be taken seriously. Princeton may
> walk out of Yost without a win, but I'd bet it will be closer than 4-0.
>
> << Taking everything into consideration,
> look for Ohio State to easily advance [over Yale] to the second round. >>
>
> On this, we agree.  Yale got stone cold once they locked up the Ivy title, and
> held on to take the ECAC regular season. Good thing for goalie Alex Westlund
> he's only a junior.
>
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